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Definition of cute : "- SmarterChild - *unicef contributing to charity says:
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*cute*:
Adjective
Inflected forms: cut·er, cut·est 1. Delightfully pretty or dainty. 2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] mugs so ferociously he kills the humor--it's an insufferably cute performance" (David Ansen). 3. Shrewd; clever.
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Definition for "cute" continued:
Etymology
Short for acute.
Other forms
cute'ly adv.cute'ness n.
Word history
Cute is a good example of how a shortened form of a word can take on a life of its own, developing a sense that dissociates it from the longer word from which it was derived. Cute was originally a shortened form of acute in the sense "keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd." In this sense cute is first recorded in a dictionary published in 1731. Probably cute came to be used as a term of approbation for things demonstrating acuteness, and so it went on to develop its own sense of "pretty, fetching," first recorded with reference to "gals" in 1838.
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Nowhere does it says cute means uglyl but adorable. I really don't know where that term come from. So if you're trying to insult me with the word cute, FAIL. In fact, there's a meaning of "pretty". So screw off.
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